Formulation and Evaluation of Anti-Microbial Foam Hand Wash Spray of Murraya koenigii and Eugenia aromaticam Extract

Abstract

To prepare formulation of herbal hand wash from the methanolic extracts of leaves of Murraya koenigii (Curry tree) and Eugenia aromaticam (Clove) for anti acne activity. Extract was obtained from the leaves of Murraya koenigii (Curry tree) and buds of Eugenia aromaticam (Clove) by maceration method and formulation was developed by simple mixing of ingredients. Anti-microbial efficacy of the formulated herbal hand wash was performed on different microorganisms using the agar plate method. The results showed that, compared to regular hand wash, prepared herbal hand wash formulations showed a large inhibition region and extract of these plant materials can be used for formulation of hand wash and antimicrobial activity. The zone of inhibition for prepared formulation was found to be more than the standard formulation. For Staphylococcus aureus zone of inhibition was found to be 39 mm, Bacillus substillis 35 mm, and Candida albicans 42 mm which is more than the standard formulation. Extract of leaves of Murraya koenigii (Curry tree) and Eugenia aromaticam (Clove) had shown the best antimicrobial activity against Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus substillis, and Candida albicans respectively.